Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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One "trick" I started practicing lately when testing PCI-E video cards is to put them in one of those coin miner risers (PCI-E 16x slots that are electrically only a 1x slot). That way, if there are any faulty lanes, this increases the chance that the faulty ones may not be used, thus end up not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-13, 07:15

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Got another ECS p6s5at today, This one has a small bit of damage to the AGP slot but the board has been tested ...not that I fully believe that. Board will get a full test when it arrives, Tualatin and DDR support makes for a fun little board to OC with. ECS p6s5at.jpg I have a PCChips M700 version …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-11, 18:23

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Thats the single PCB one. I've got a 295 dual pcb too..... and that doesn't work. One day maybe I'll try to figure out whats wrong with it. The 2 PCB version is very painful to disassemble and clean. Similar in design to the 9800GX2. It's also painted with a soft touch paint, the kind that become …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-06, 12:25

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I had a Volcano cooler on my 1.2 GHz Tbird back in the day, not the ones you have, it was probably the Volcano II. Let me tell you, it was LOUD! Had a 25mm thick fan on top and spins at like 4500 RPM. I ended up connecting it to a fan controller so I could turn it down. Hopefully yours really are " …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-04, 07:42

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/591255283607666693/1280598617727701074/20240903_123354.jpg?ex=66d8a9e6&is=66d75866&hm=f6cff13a04997ec1d547f27c266b4967cd69aad54ca371ec4ae03b516ee8fe0f& https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/591255283607666693/1280598619296370758/20240901_124847.jpg?ex= …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-03, 15:43

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Won a classified for this beauty :) https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=200493 MB: MSI 850 Pro 5 (MS-6545) Ver:1 Cpu: Intel 1,8 Ghz RAM: 2 buc. x Samsung 256Mb/16ECC 800-45 RDRAM Rambus RIMM Terminators RIMM x 2 Wow ! It looks awesome in red ! I have a "Pro 2" (which is for s423 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-09-02, 14:47

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Found this strange card, CTS-10, as well. Has the manuals/floppies (probably not usable, heavily warped) seemed like a good bit of screwing around, so I grabbed it (free, huzzah). 20240901_092850.jpg Wow, that's so futuristic!! Can you imagine never having to manually set your computer's time and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-31, 19:38

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I've bought more games than hardware recently but I'm waiting for two parcels. An upgrade for my top 2005 system : A8N32-SLI deluxe (currently using a non 32 model). For 20€... i would have bough the motherboard alone for that price but it also comes with an Athlon64 X2 (3800+ i think), a GeForce …

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Re: Why so many Katmais (and Deschutes)?

Posted on 2024-08-29, 07:30

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And I've noticed one odd trend - there seem to be lots of big OEM systems (Dell, Gateway, etc) with Katmai 450/500/550 PIIIs, and some Deschutes PIIs, but very, very few Coppermine systems, or at least slot 1 Coppermines (there are more socket 370 Coppermines like Dell Dimension 4100s, but those …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-28, 07:03

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It seems like that would have been a pretty huge oversight in the design, but they may have had other good reasons to make the connector this way. Maybe they did this to manage the force required to insert or remove cards? If half the pins are at different depths then it would require half the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-27, 08:11

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Got this nice clean ASRock 939Dual Sata2 for a good price, seems like the perfect board for the 4800+ or an Opteron 180, they are essentially the same CPU just depends on which one I can dig out of the CPU box first. 939Dual Sata2.jpg ASRock 939Dual Sata2.jpg Comes with everything except the manual …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-22, 13:32

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Just got my own one of these Soltek SL-75KAV boards, its been recapped already too, might try out that Barton bios with the 3000 XP-M. Curious to know where you got that 3000 XP-M from? They seem pretty rare. There is also a K8 based 3000+ XP-M on socket 754 that are absolutely not a K7 Athlons but …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-21, 12:20

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-08-21, 10:39: So I told them to go ahead and refund the order, Im now looking at other suitable options and may go with the tried and true Abit NF7-S 2.0 which were also pretty solid boards. Too bad. But maybe an opportunity to get an Athlon XP-M instead and overclock it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-20, 17:10

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With overclocking with a Barton core you need to find one of the unlocked models otherwise you need to start doing pin mods and bridge mods to unlock them, but YMMV with how much more you get out of them, some 2500 Bartons can overclock quite a bit others not so much, Ive seen reports of the 2500+ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-20, 10:52

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copper cooler ! I have a nice Lian Li PC60 case for this lot to go into with a 9800XT and 2Gb of DDR500 to complete a nice 2003 era build, Im thinking I may throw a 6800GT in there if the 9800Xt cant handle Oblivion well enough as this is a partly a throwback build to my XP system I had back in the …

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Re: MediaVision Thunderboard

Posted on 2024-08-16, 18:06

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It seems like I have another variant but I do not know anything about this model. Does anyone recognize it? 20240728_173735.jpg https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/ibm-easy-options-game-audio-card-ac525 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzkZyTKVmOU It seems to support MIDI like the Protac

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Re: Dual Socket A Tyan Tiger MP S2460 - No boot with second CPU

Posted on 2024-08-05, 14:53

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Only one or two very slightly bulging capacitors Slightly bulging should be taken to mean completely ruined. Two CPUs is a significantly higher power drain than one, and that's where capacitance is important. Your "sometimes it gets part way" description fits with power issues, especially alongside …

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Re: Dual Socket A Tyan Tiger MP S2460 - No boot with second CPU

Posted on 2024-08-04, 21:30

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The mod was done by a previous owner but even before buying it i read that the board was subject to power connector issues (by design) It's even mentioned on TheRetroWeb : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tyan-s2460 I found this link explaining the mod : https://forums.overclockers.com.au/ …

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Re: Dual Socket A Tyan Tiger MP S2460 - No boot with second CPU

Posted on 2024-08-04, 19:05

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In my notes I wrote: socket1 + ram slots 3 and 4 otherwise no post socket1+2 2xMP2000+ 4x single rank otherwise no post Never mismatch dual + single rank Hope it is the same for you Pic is my folder but not mine, there is a cap that isn't there on mine. FF31 chip, lower right part. (not the circled …

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Re: Dual Socket A Tyan Tiger MP S2460 - No boot with second CPU

Posted on 2024-08-04, 18:52

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And some other + the PSU Filename 11.jpg File size 1.24 MiB Views 430 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename 12.jpg File size 1.01 MiB Views 430 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename 13.jpg File size 1.06 MiB Views 430 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename 14.jpg File size 672.69 KiB Views 430 views …

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